Craig McRae won't try to predict where Collingwood will sit on the AFL ladder,
he says pride will dictate that his team finish the season strongly, no matter the finals equation.
Their top-eight hopes will be on the line when the Magpies renew hostilitie
last year's vanquished grand-final opponent, Brisbane Lions, at the MCG on Saturday.
The fifth-placed Lions ending Collingwood's hopes of claiming back-to-back premierships for the first time since 1935-36.
Brisbane and Melbourne in their final two games of the home-and-away season,
hoping that other results fall their way to gatecrash the finals.
"I'm not really into the ladder predictor but apparently there is some chance," Magpies coach McRae said.
Brisbane side that won nine consecutive games before they were upset by GWS last week.
But plenty of water has gone under the bridge since then and McRae